Complete Clue List
Across
1. British singer whose single "What Do You Want?" topped the UK charts in 1959 (4,5)
9. A person in a convent who is preparing to become a nun (6)
10. The King's sword in Arthurian legend (9)
11. To stick fast to something (6)
12. Fifth studio album by US metal band Ratt, released in 1990 (9)
14. Slang term for a dilapidated area of a city "Skid __" (3)
15. Abnormal drooping of the eyelid (6)
18. Not Cleopatra's favourite reptile! (3)
20. Monetary deposit used temporarily pending analysis of any discrepancies (8,7)
21. 1970's US band "___ and the Family Stone" (3)
22. Henry ___, English heavyweight boxer defeated by 'Cassius Clay' in 1963 (6)
24. Jeanne d'___, French heroine during the Hundred Years' War (3)
26. The King's wife but Lancelot's lover! (9)
27. Richard Milward's debut novel published in 2007 (6)
28. Failing to achieve desired results, or without 27 across perhaps? (9)
29. A Bobby Darin album released in 1963 (6)
30. The debut novel of Dustin Long published in 2006 (9)
Down
2. Colin ___ crime writer who penned the 'Inspector Morse' novels (6)
3. A field where grass and wild flowers are left to grow (6)
4. A 2014 US horror film starring Jeremy Sumpter and Elizabeth Gillies (6)
5. French artist remembered for his paintings of theatrical life at Montmartre (8-7)
6. New York state Music Festival held over 4 days in 1969 (9)
7. Regarded as the heart of New York's theater district (5,6)
8. ___ is the mother of invention! (9)
13. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" was penned by this British playwright (3,8)
16. Ancient Greek orator and influential teacher (436-338 BC) (9)
17. In philately a pair of joined stamps with one stamp inverted (4-5)
18. 1973 studio album from the rock band 'Badfinger' (3)
19. Money received for completing a task (3)
23. American playwright Eugene ___ remembered for "Long Day's Journey into Night" (1'5)
24. The island where 10 across was forged (6)
25. 1989 film directed by Caleb Deschanel and starring Aidan Quinn (6)